This year the kids chose to return to a couple spots we visited on our California road trip a few years ago. We drove to San Jose and had dinner with Mark's dear friend from high school, Kenny, and his wife, Debbie. We always love seeing them when we are in the area and when they get to San Diego as it's an evening spent laughing and reminiscing. Dinner at Dave & Buster's is always a good choice as the kids go back and forth to the games while we talk!
The next morning we went to the Winchester Mystery House and included their behind-the-scenes tour to the visit this time. It's always a fun house to go through and amazing the amount of money spent for the era it was built in. The behind-the-scenes tour was okay but not something we will repeat.
From there we drove to Santa Cruz where we checked into a brand new (only days open) hotel. We walked to the beach and then to the nearby village where we bought some salt water taffy and looked in the little beach shops. It was quite a walk and we were ready for pizza by the time we were finished.
The next morning we headed to the beach and boardwalk where we promptly started piling on the towels to stay warm! We felt badly for the poor lifeguards doing some skills testing as the water (and out-of-water) temp was quite cold. It never warmed up enough to take the layers off let alone go into the water. Connor ventured a try and said he couldn't feel his legs so came back to dry off!
I sat and read my Kindle while the kids went back and forth from the rides, shops, and food. In the afternoon we packed the things in the car and each took a kid to do rides of their choice.
When the guys went off on their own, they returned sporting these henna tattoos. Connor was quite thrilled with himself!
Kelleigh on one of her favorite rides - the paraglider!
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